temporary files

Hi everyone, For quiet some time now, I have been suffering from random and temporary freezes from windows. It's usually when I am browsing the Internet (with Firefox, IE8 or Opera) but it also happens while only my windows explorer is open. When it happens, I can still move my mouse over...

For some reason, anytime I drop a file on the desktop with a .exe extension, I can no longer delete that file from the desktop. Actually...I can delete it, but as soon as I hit F5 or e.g. log off and back on, the file simply reappears. I can only delete a .exe file permanently in Safe Mode. I do...

Hi guys, I downloaded the 32 bit iso image and burnt to dvd. I used new drive to do clean install of windows7. It told me I could not do as this drive wasn't in correct format, but it was NTFS. I sorted that by getting the install to format the drive and all went well. Windows 7 installed and...

Hello everyone, I've been having a problem with Vista lately, when I shut down my PC Vista shuts down correctly showing me the usual procedure, but when my monitor says "No video input" ( meaning Vista has shut down) my Computer is still on. Its quite annoying because I have to shut it down...

I'm trying to install Windows 7 from within XP (dual boot or upgrade). I get about 5 seconds into the install and encounter the following: "Windows Setup cannot find a location to store temporary installation files. to install Windows, make sure that a partition on your boot disk has at least...

The standard location for favicons is in: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files But I notice that only some of them are there. Does anyone know where the others are kept? I like to have my frequently visited sites in what used to be called the Links bar now...

Hi All, I have a website I visit and they have links to 200 documents. As I click the document and read it, the link on the page with the 200 documents turns purple - which would mean it is a visited link. So, now I want to back up these "visited links". Where can I find them? My IE settings...

I've got my laptop with wvindows vista, but now I can not see my history when I click the history button in IE7. I've checked every setting in IE7 to show me the history but it doesn't seem to work. Also there is no saved address in my internet temporary files folder, is there any one who can...